Jun 27 Watch Fixing the disconnect between Medicare and Medicaid to serve the most vulnerable Americans By PBS NewsHour Providing long term care at a reasonable cost — especially for low-income Americans who are elderly or have disabilities — has long been a challenge in the U.S. In California, long term care providers are coordinating in order to tackle… Continue watching
Jun 27 Quiz: 7 startling facts about long-term care By Margaret Myers Everybody needs someone to look after them at some point in their lives. For the millions of Americans at or approaching retirement age, the chances are they will need some type of assistance, either from friends or family, a hired… Continue reading
Jun 18 What does it mean to be a caregiver in America? By Colleen Shalby Not everyone who’s a caregiver does so for a living. Many people in the U.S. are long-term caregivers for ailing family members, spending, on average, 20 hours a week caring for loved ones. Continue reading
Jun 16 How one entrepreneur found success over pancakes By Eric Whitney, Kaiser Health News A computer programmer and a kid in a Batman suit walk into a pancake house...it sounds like a joke, but it really happened, and now the programmer, Dave Vockell, has a new product to bring to market. It's an app… Continue reading
Jun 06 New $30 million study will examine devastating senior falls By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News More than 18,000 seniors died as the result of falls in 2010, and thousands more are injured every year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation’s largest and most intensive study of how to best… Continue reading
May 20 Americans favor tax breaks to encourage savings for long term care By Patti Parson For the second year in a row, the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs conducted a survey of attitudes towards long-term care among those over age 40. The survey, funded by a grant from The SCAN Foundation which is also… Continue reading
May 14 8 workout tips for getting ‘buff’ at 80 By Ellen Rolfes Diet and exercise fads you see on TV or online usually sell themselves by featuring trim, athletic men and women in their 20s. But as the average age in the U.S. shifts older, there is a growing need for workouts… Continue reading
May 02 69-year-old returning college student recalls rules for women By Ellen Rolfes The "Coedikette" was handed out to female students at University of Florida every year. It outlined a list of rules and guidelines that applied only to women on campus. Continue reading
Apr 29 Why boomers are retiring to college By Ellen Rolfes Step over nursing homes and golf communities. More baby boomers are reaching 67 and, unsatisfied with just the status quo options for retirement, they are looking for unique lifestyles that satiate their desire to join an active, intellectually stimulating and… Continue reading
Apr 16 The real ‘Golden Girls’ of Prince George’s County By Margaret Myers Remember your first roommate? OK your first roommate who wasn’t your sibling? It was probably in college or just after you graduated when you thought the world was open to a million possibilities, and you and your best friend would… Continue reading